Background
Har Dayal Srivastava was born on June 15, 1908 in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Har Dayal Srivastava was born on June 15, 1908 in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
He obtained Master of Science at Allahabad University in 1933. He did research in Helminthology. Har Dayal Srivastava obtained Doctor of Science from University of Allahabad in 1938. He was a specialist in Parasitology.
Har Dayal Srivastava joined Indian Veterinary Research Institute as assistant research officer in 1935, since 1961 he had been its director. He worked as helminthologist, senior professor of parasitology, head, division of parasitology and director, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Mukteswar/Izatnagar; and emeritus scientist, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He wrote about 160 articles and research papers.
Srivastava studied various aspects of helminthology-survey, morphology, taxonomy, life history, pathogenicity, etiology of obscure diseases, treatment, control including biological control, host-parasite relationship, immunity, and zoonosis.
He did extensive work on the morphology and taxonomy of trematode parasites of Indian fresh-water and marine fishes; life history, pathogenicity and biological control of Cotylophoron cotylophorum of ruminants; a unique form of dermatitis in cattle (cutaneous microfilariasis), referred to in literature as Srivastava’s determatitis of cattle; causative parasite of cutaneous bleeding in buffaloes; prenatal infection of Neoascaris vitulorum in buffaloes; life history of Stephanofilaria assamensis, the causative parasite of hump sore of cattle, and its treatment; schistosomiasis in Indian domestic animals; verminous pneumonia in buffaloes and life history of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex and Gastrodiscoides hominis, trematodes of great zoonotic importance.
Har Dayal Srivastava was a fellow at National Institute of Sciences of India, Helminthological Society of India (past-president), Zoological Society of India, National Academy of Sciences of India and member of Indian Science Congress Association (past-president, Zoology and Entomology Section), Expert Committee on Animal Zoology for Arid Zone (UNESCO), Animal Diseases and Pests Committee (I.C.A.R.), Biological Research Committee (C.S.I.R.).
